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itsallfolklore (25)in #twain • 7 years ago
Mark Twain and the Myth of the Wild West
Mark Twain did not invent the Myth of the Wild West, but he certainly exploited and advanced it. Roughing It, one of his earliest books (1872), described his Western sojourn…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #britain • 7 years ago
Bagpipes!
This example of a set of Croatian bagpipes reveals something that is often not widely known, namely that there are dozens of species of this instrument spread from the Celtic…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Folklore, Trump, and the Screwup Fairy
Today on Facebook, this image appeared. It is an expression of folklore as it appears within the context of the internet. This image is a descendent of what Alan Dundes…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Did elves emigrate with people in the crossing of the Atlantic?
There are really two questions here: did elves survive the crossing of the Atlantic? (occasionally they did) and why didn't they usually thrive? (the degree of survival generally…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
When and why did fairies "shrink"?
Volumes could be written on this and it's not easy to finesse a concise answer. First, let's restrict ourselves to the Northern European supernatural beings with the peculiar…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Tolkien and his elves
The origin of J. R. R. Tolkien’s elves are as varied as the sources he knew and as unfathomable as imagination itself. Tolkien was a well-read medievalist; not surprisingly, he…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Indoeuropeans and gods that come in threes
A first-century sculpture from Homesteads on Hadrian’s Wall is a Roman-era image that refers to the local Celtic religion. These are three manifestations of the same god, Genii…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Magic Metal Smiths
The Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket dates to roughly 700 CE. The front panel depicts the Adoration of the Magi on the right. Runes above the three men spell the word “Magi.” The star…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
A Corpse for a Bridegroom?
A widely-distributed story, common in Europe and represented in the folklore collections from Cornwall, draws on an array of popular beliefs and motifs. In most of Europe, the…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Mermaids!
The idea that the sea is home to half-human, half-animal creatures is widespread, with examples from the ancient world and from nineteenth-century folklore collections. All the…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
The origin of elves and fairies
What is the origin of elves, fairies, and other similar supernatural beings? This is a difficult question to answer. (This image is from the British Museum, dating to 1792) One…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
The Trouble with Trolls
The word "troll" entered mainstream English in 1859 with the translation of a collection of Norwegian folktales published by Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896). His "Popular…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Fairy balls
There is a convention that maintains that belief in fairies, elves, trolls, and other similar supernatural beings are a thing of the past. Evidence suggests that the folk have…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
The Original Grateful Dead
The origin of the name of "The Grateful Dead" is sometimes disputed: some claim it came from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, but almost certainly it originates with a common…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
JFK assassination folklore
In December 2006, I documented graffiti along the fence of the famed "Grassy Knoll" - the focus of conspiracy theories involving the JFK assassination. Graffiti can be an…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
African magic in Wild West Saloon
These two coins were found beneath the floorboards of the Boston Saloon, an African American establishment operated by William Brown, a freeborn black from Massachusetts. who…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Megalith and magical rebirth
William Bottrell, the famed folklorist of Cornwall, used this image in his 1880, final volume on Cornish traditions, but he included little explanation as to what was being…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Knockers, Ghosts, and Tommyknockers
This is a one-of-a-kind illustration of Cornish knockers from the nineteenth century. It comes from William Bottrell's 1873 book on the folklore of Cornwall. Cornish miners…
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itsallfolklore (25)in #history • 8 years ago
Wild Man of the Forest
The Roman-era stone face at the ritual springs at Aquae Sulis (the Waters of Sulis), Bath, England, is of uncertain meaning. The hot spring was sacred even before the Romans…
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